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Obama plots budget plans with congressional Dems

President Obama plotted budget strategy Friday in a conference call with Democratic congressional leaders. "The president thanked the leaders for their efforts to find solutions to the budget challenges and

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"The president thanked the leaders for their efforts to find solutions to the budget challenges and reiterated a shared principle that we should focus first and foremost on how we can grow our economy and create good jobs with good wages for middle class families," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.

Last week's bill to end the government shutdown and extend the debt ceiling authorized new budget negotiations between congressional Republicans and Democrats.